FourFortyFour South Flower
| FourFortyFour South Flower | |
|---|---|
| Map | |
| Former names | Citigroup Center Wells Fargo Building 444 Plaza Building |
| General information | |
| Type | Commercial offices |
| Location | 444 South Flower Street Los Angeles, California |
| Coordinates | 34°03′06′′N 118°15′18′′W / 34.051612°N 118.255050°W / 34.051612; -118.255050 |
| Construction started | 1978 |
| Completed | 1981[1] |
| Owner | Coretrust Capital Partners[1] |
| Management | Coretrust Management, LP |
| Height | |
| Roof | 191 m (627 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 48 |
| Floor area | 83,053 m2 (893,980 sq ft) |
| Lifts/elevators | 25 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Albert C. Martin & Associates |
| Developer | Rockefeller Group |
| Main contractor | AECOM Hunt Tishman |
| References | |
| [2] [3] [4] [5] | |
FourFortyFour South Flower, formerly Citigroup Center, is a 627 ft (191 m) 48-story skyscraper at 444 South Flower Street in the Bunker Hill area of downtown Los Angeles, California.[1] At the time of its completion, in 1981, the tower was the fifth-tallest in the city.
History
[edit ]The structure was developed by the Rockefeller Group and designed by Albert C. Martin & Associates. It opened in 1981 as the Wells Fargo Building.[6] In 2003, Beacon Capital Partners purchased the property, then known as Citicorp Center, for US170ドル million from Meiji Seimei Realty (USA) and Grosvenor USA Ltd.[7] The building was owned by Broadway Partners Fund Manager, LLC from December 2006 to September 2009.[8] Coretrust Capital Partners acquired the property in November 2016[9] for 336ドル million.[10] Citigroup exited the building in 2018 and moved to the nearby 1 Cal Plaza building.[11]
Public artwork
[edit ]FourFortyFour South Flower is home to one of the largest public art collections in Los Angeles.[12] When the building was constructed, five internationally recognized artists were enlisted to create public works that are represented throughout the gallery.[13]
In addition to the pieces that were commissioned during the building's construction, a new mural by local artist Augustine Kofie was unveiled in spring 2019.[14]
- Marc Di Suvero - "Shoshone", 1981.
- Michael Heizer - "North, East, South, West", 1967-1981.
- Frank Stella - "Long Beach XXIII", 1982.
- Robert Rauschenberg - "Fargo Podium", 1982.
- Bruce Nauman - "Trench, Shafts, Pit, Tunnel, and Chambers", 1982.[15]
- Augustine Kofie - "Two-movement", 2019.[14]
In popular culture
[edit ]- In seasons 1 and 2 of the television series Alias , the building is called the Credit Dauphine Building and is home to the criminal organization SD-6.
- The building was used on a number of occasions as a corporate office location throughout episodes of the 1983-1986 ABC action and crime drama Hardcastle and McCormick .
- Appears in the main heist of Heat .
- The building appears in the opening credits and establishing shots of the 1986-1994 NBC television drama L.A. Law as the office building in which the principal characters worked.[1]
- The building appears in the original opening sequence of the daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful .
- In the unreleased 1994 adaptation of the Fantastic Four, the building is used as The Baxter Building.
- The building was the setting for the 1996 action thriller Skyscraper , starring Anna Nicole Smith.
- The building appears in the Los Angeles level of the video game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 .
- The building appears in the video game Grand Theft Auto V . It is located in downtown Los Santos (the game's equivalent of Los Angeles), but is renamed the Schlongberg Sachs Center, which is the game's equivalent of The Goldman Sachs Group.
- The building appears as the headquarters of CatCo Worldwide Media in Supergirl . In season 5, Obsidian North, a Buenos Aires-based technology company, is revealed to have offices downstairs from CatCo.
- The building appears to collapse when the US Bank Tower collapses on top of it in San Andreas .
- The building appears as the Los Angeles branch of the CIA in Gotcha! .
Major tenants
[edit ]- WSP
- Bank of China
- Equinox
- Morgan Stanley
- Parker Stanbury, LLP
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ a b c d Vincent, Roger (December 28, 2016). "A new look for the 'L.A. Law' building includes 'courtyards in the sky'". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ "FourFortyFour South Flower". CTBUH Skyscraper Center .
- ^ "Emporis building ID 116519". Emporis . Archived from the original on March 6, 2016.
- ^ "FourFortyFour South Flower". SkyscraperPage .
- ^ FourFortyFour South Flower at Structurae
- ^ "444 S. Flower Building, Los Angeles. Background information".
- ^ "Beacon Capital Acquires Citicorp Center - Los Angeles Times". Los Angeles Times . 22 November 2003.
- ^ "Citigroup Center". Broadway Partners. 2010. Archived from the original on 2011年07月08日. Retrieved 2010年04月02日.
- ^ Vincent, Roger (28 December 2016). "A new look for the 'L.A. Law' building includes 'courtyards in the sky'". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 2019年05月17日.
- ^ "Iconic Downtown LA Office Building Commands 336ドルM - Commercial Property Executive". 5 January 2017.
- ^ "Citigroup to Exit Citigroup Center; Taking New Lease at One Cal Plaza | Los Angeles Business Journal". 29 June 2018.
- ^ Vincent, Roger (28 December 2016). "A new look for the 'L.A. Law' building includes 'courtyards in the sky'". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 2019年06月11日.
- ^ "444 S. Flower Building, Los Angeles. Background information". www.publicartinla.com. Retrieved 2019年06月11日.
- ^ a b "Augustine Kofie". augustinekofie.info. Retrieved 2019年06月12日.
- ^ "Public Art at 444 S. Flower St., Bunker Hill, Los Angeles". www.publicartinla.com. Retrieved 2019年06月11日.
External links
[edit ]- FourFortyFour South Flower Official Website
- Citigroup Center at Hines Interests Limited Partnership
- FourFortyFour South Flower Tenant Handbook